NATAL AND MILITARY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2865, 1 October 1866, Page 5

NATAL AND MILITARY.

[Prom Smptimber 1 to September 30.] Ths hetd-quartera of the troops in New Zealand have returned from Wellington to Auckland, the authorities in England having disapproved of Wellington as the head-quarters station. Major-Gene-ral Chute and staff arrived in Auckland on the 13th September. The head-quarters of H.M. 50th Regiment, numbering 218 men, arrived on the 13th September from Taranaki, and will be sent on to the Australian colonies in company with the 2nd battalion of H.M. 14th Regiment in the ' Monarch ' in a few days. The 50th marched to Otahuhu camp to await their embarkation. " A detachment of the 50th Regiment, .consisting of Major, Nowlan, Lieutenant Barker, Lieutenant Preston, Dr. Frazer, Ensign Wyndham, Quartermaster Turner, Lieutenant McGregor, and 137 rank and file, arrived in the Manukau by the ' Phoebe ' on September 17, and marched to the Albert Barracks in the afternoon. The right -wing of the 50th will leave Auckland in a , short .time for Sydney ; , the left wing, will 1 remain where it is now stationed — No. 8 Company in Hew Plymouth, and the remaining companies at the Stony River and the other .posts in the Taranaki district. , A company of H.M. 50th Regiment, in command of Captain Creagh, embarked for Brisbane on board of ;the 'Alice Cameron on September 26. The company numbered 92 men, with the following officers.: — Captain Creagh, Lieutenant Rolleston, . and Ensign Hunt. Assistant-Surgeon McShane also accompanied 'the men. Jjt i has been stated that it is in contemplation to station the Imperial regiment which is to be left in this colony (probably the 18th Regiment) at Taupo. , ; Her Majesty's 18th Royal Irish will, for the present, be. stationed, in the Wangauui district, and distributed" as iollows :— Patea, head-quarters, 250 men ; Wans[*riui f 100 men; Man»w*pu, 100 men ; Waingongoro, 108 men; W&itotar*; ,50 men; Wereroay 50 men; Alexander's, Farm, 30 men. Parakino.'and Kakurame* »re abolished »s Imperial posts. , The above figures are exclusive of sick and other cjwttfeHiet, and the usual complement of officers andjiop-comuQissioned officers. ■} The s.s. Ahuriri arrived in the Manukaa on .September 2 and on September 10, from Wanganui, ,with detachments of the. 14th Regiment, which were inarched <bq Otahuhu, ,wheje they will lie' till embarked for England. • •

Major-General Chute, with Major Baker and Dr. Menzies, visited Wanganui, Patea, and the military posts adjacent, at the beginning of September. • H.M. s. 'Brisk,' Captain Hope, took her departure for Norfolk Island and Sydney on September 26, in order to undergo repairs at the latter place. She steamed round the flag-ship and H.M. s. ' Eclipse,' with manned yards, before leaving, to take a farewell -of the officers and men of those vessels, which are about to leave for England. "We understand the 'Brisk' is not likely to return to these waters. H.M. s. ' Challenger,' with the new commodore of the Australasian squadron, arrived at Auckland on the 28th September. The vessels of war now iv harbour are— H.M. s. 'Challenger,' lB guns, s.c, CommodQre, Maguire ; H.M. ». Commodore Sir .William Wiseman ; H.M. s. ' Esk,' Captain Luce; H.M. s. ' Falcon,' Commander Blake ; H.M. s. ' Eclipse, ' Captain Freinantle.